There was a rec center with an outdoor pool at Sea Ranch. It was cold (the ocean was very close), but it was really fun for Conor to see the girls swim. They've improved so much since he last swam with them. And lucky us, there were hot saunas in the change room!

On a sunnier day in The Sea Ranch, we ventured North to Point Arena where we climbed to the top of the tallest lighthouse on the west coast. The entire time we were there, I was in disbelief. California is stunning! I could hardly believe I was sitting on a picnic blanket with my family with the views surrounding us. What a treat! I'm so grateful to live in CA.

We just took a 4-day trip to The Sea Ranch, which is about 3.5-4 hours north of us. It is a really beautiful place to be.

It was rainy and wet for the first couple of days. We did our best to enjoy the outdoors, but our girls were tired and grumpy. I keep forgetting how hard traveling with children can be and then I travel with them and ask myself, "why is this so hard?!" But we want to travel so we need to figure some things out.

Taking photographs helps me to remember the good and forget the bad and ugly. Thank heavens for cameras. Because there really was a lot of good. My favorite was the lighthouse at Point Arena. California is so jaw-dropping in its beauty. I just can't get enough! I feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful place!

More posts to follow, you know, once I catch up on sleep and laundry and life!

All dressed up for church! I hope everyone had a Happy Easter. I had a bit of homesickness, which surprised me since we haven't been in Canada for Easter for years. Like before we had kids. I think I mostly missed being with everyone as they got together.

On a funnier note, I love the photos we get when the girls get a turn with the remote.

Conor and I had signed up for Color me Rad and were planning on running it together-ish. Conor's much faster than I am. But then we ran into some problems and some teammates cancelled on us. So we made lemonade out of lemons and did the race as a family! There was only a teeny tiny bit of running, and four messy people to clean up afterwards, but it was a lot of fun and very worth it!

The girls had a great time! They loved all the colors. Holly remembered the last Color Me Rad I did and so she was excited to get colorful and dirty. Greta surprised us by not being bothered by the color thrown in her face. I'm still laughing hard over the photos of her! And I was concerned when I woke up with greasy-looking hair but the colorful cornstarch took care of it. It all worked out!

I took lots of pictures with my phone and posted them on instagram, but I also brought my "big" or "real" camera with me. We carried it in the stroller in a gallon-sized ziploc bag. It needed a good wipe down at the end, but faired well enough and I'm glad I brought it because heaven knows how much I love photographs!

Enjoy!

We showered the girls to rinse them, and then gave them a bath and washed each of their hair twice. The bath water was pretty gross at the end of it!